Cabinet



L. C. DIMICK.

CABINET. APPIJCATION FILED MAR- 3 1919- I U 1,880,539a Patented June 7,1921.

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CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntgd J ne 7 lggj Application fiIedMarch 3, 1919. Serial No. 280,397.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIE CATHEPINE Dnurox, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Fort lVayne, in thecounty of Allen and Stateof Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in (labinets,of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to ironing cabinets and is moreparticularly a. combination cabinet, including an ironing table,pressing board, and clothes rack, my object in the provision of thiscabinet being to place all of the needed assistance inironingimmediately at hand so as to minimize the effort expended in the ironingoperation and eliminate all waste energy by the saving of steps so as toplace the household in respect to these features on a higher plane ofefficiency than now exists.

A. further object of my invention is the provision of a cabinet of thischaracter which in the folded position of the parts with the cabinetclosed, presents the appearance of and constitutes a practical worktable for the kitchen.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my present invention Figure 1is av perspective view of my improved cabinet closed;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section in the same position;

Fig. 3 is an end view;

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section.

Referring now to these figures, my invention proposes a cabinet, thebody of which is indicated at 10 and, as seen particularly in Fig. 1, ispreferably rectangular and supported upon lugs 11, so as to hold thebody 10 well above the floor and permit of ready cleaning beneath thebody 10 so as to preserve sanitary conditions at all times.

The front wall 12 of the body 10 may have openings for the reception ofdrawers 13, the outer portions of which may be simply doors to lowercompartments within the body 10, as best seen in Fig. 2, for theerection of supporting shelves and the like, instead of the drawers 13.Either of these features serve the same purpose, however, in

be raised and in this way expose a table top 17 secured within the bodyimmediately below the cover 15, and which should be suitably padded foruse in ironing flat pieces, its square edges facilitating accurate foldmand ironing of such pieces.

T-Iinged to the rear stationary strip 14 is one end of a supportingupright 18, which in the closed position. of the cabinet, may be droppedrearwardly upon its hinge along the rear wall 19 of the body as seen inFigs. 3 and 4, this upright being elevated and secured to the uppersurface of the strip 14 by virtue of the engagement of its hook 20 withan eye 21 of said strip, in order to form an upright support as in Fig.1 for the cover 15 when the latter is raised to the open position, so asto expose the ironing table 17 for use as just described.

In addition to these features, the cabinet may include an ironing board24 slidable into and out of the cabinet upon guides 25 seen in F 4,which support the said ironing board 24 horizontally and immediatelybelow the table top 17. This ironing board has a lower recess 26adjacent its free end, which provides for readily grasping the same andsliding it outwardly upon the guides 25 previously mentioned from thehoused position shown in Fig. 2.

The cabinet may also have an opening normally closed by a strip 34having a small handle 35, and to which strip is connected the outer endof a clothes rack 37 in guides 38 within the body 10.

It is thus obvious that my invention provides a convenient economicaldevice, capable of use under ordinary circumstances ust as the ordinarykitchen table or cabinet, and which may be readily opened for ironingpurposes whenever needed so as to expose the rectangular ironing table17, and for bringing into operative position the ironing board 24, orrack 36 and one in which the cover when raised is supported by simpleeffective means adapted to be readily shifted to a concealed positionwhen the cover is lowered so that a practically unbroken table top isthen presented.

I claim 1. A cabinet of the character described having a top wallincluding a rear stationary strip and a cover hinged to the said strip,an upright supporting member hinged to the said stationary strip to foldclownwardly upon the rear wall of the cabinet,

and connections for detachably holding the said upright in verticalposition to form a support for the cover when the latter is raised.

2. A cabinet of the character described having its top provided with arear stationary strip, a cover hinged along its rear edge to said strip,an upright supporting member also hinged to the said stationary stripintermediate the ends of the latter and arranged to fold downwardly uponthe rear walls of the cabinet, and a hook and eye connection between thestrip and the said upright to hold the latter in inoperative positionwhereby to form a support for the hinged cover when the latter israised.

LILLIE CATHERINE DIMIOK.

Witnesses:

THos. E. ELLisoN, GEO. P. GLAZE.

